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in the Newcastle Museum (J. Hancock, ' Catalogue of the Birds 

 of Northumberland and Durham,' p. 91). 



10. — One, exhibited by Mr. J. Leadbeater at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society on Dec. 12th, 1837, also killed near Alnwick, 

 was afterwards presented to the British Museum by the Duke of 

 Northumberland ('Cat. Birds in Coll. of the Brit. Mus.' xxii. 

 p. 58 ; P. Z.S. 1837, p. 135). This specimen is figured in a 

 drawing by Mr. G. E. Lodge in the ' Illustrated London News' 

 of Aug. 18th, 1906. 



11. — One (a cock bird) was purchased in the market at Devon- 

 port in 1839 by the Bev. W. S. Hore, and is said to have been 

 killed in Cornwall ('Zoologist,' 1861, p. 7545; 'Yarrell,' first 

 edition, ii. p. 311; 'Birds of Devon,' p. 274). Mr. Hore's 

 specimens were bequeathed to Mrs. Connop, of Bradfield Hall. 



12. — One, formerly in the collection of the Kev. T. Johnes, of 

 Bradstone Kectory, near Tavistock. Date unknown, but men- 

 tioned by Mr. Hore in ' The Zoologist ' for 1861, p. 7545. Pos- 

 sibly this bird may have been one of those referred to by Bellamy 

 (vide supra). 



13. — One shot by Lord Howick near Felton, Northumberland, 

 at the beginning of December, 1839, was recorded by Mr. P. J. 

 Selby, and figured in 'Yarrell' (first edit. ii. p. 311). 



14. — One, shot at Belsay, Northumberland, by Mr. C. H. 

 Cadogan, of Brinkburn, in 1842, is now in the Newcastle Museum 

 (J. Hancock, ' Catalogue of the Birds of Northumberland and 

 Durham,' p. 91). 



15. — One, purchased in the Devonport market about 1849-51 

 by Mr. Cornelius Tripe, afterwards passed into the hands of the 

 Rev. W. S. Hore, who recorded it in ' The Zoologist,' 1861, 

 p. 7545. A full description is given by Suchetet of this bird. 



16. — One (a cock) killed Oct. 26th, 1850, was exhibited by 

 Mr. J. Leadbeater to the Zoological Society (P. Z.S. 1851, p. 61). 

 It was shot by Mr. H. Halsey's keeper not far from Frimley 

 Bidges, Henley Park, near Guildford, and was supposed to be the 

 produce of a Blackcock and hen Pheasant. Recorded in ' The 

 Zoologist' by Mr. J. W. G. Spicer (1851, p. 3091; 1854, p. 4294). 

 17.— One, recorded by Mr. J. J. Briggs (Zool. 1854, p. 4253), 

 was shot in February, 1854, by the keeper of Earl Ferrers at 

 Staunton Springs, near Melbourne, Derbyshire. 



